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From our director to the trustees and all the way down to our volunteers, the Magic Reel is made up entirely of people who have, in one way or another, had their lives changed by cinema. Some of us have had wide experience of charity work, and some of us have spent years working with and for children; many of us are filmmakers, actors, projectionists, and film crewmembers. We want to give some of that joy and inspiration back.
Paul Fischer,
Director
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Paul is a young European film producer. Born in Saudi Arabia and raised in France, he has studied at the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences-Po) in Paris before attending film school at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the New York Film Academy in Manhattan. He is the founder and director of Ten Cent Adventures, a London-based film production company, and is the producer of the short film Gone, which premiered at the St. John’s International Film Festival and the New York First Sundays Comedy Festival; We Rob Banks, an upcoming documentary; and the currently filming feature-length documentary Radioman.
Favorite film: Raiders Of The Lost Ark
First film ever seen: Raiders Of The Lost Ark
First film seen in the cinema: The Lion King
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Mary Kerr,
Trustee
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Mary is a young British film director. She attended Edinburgh University before studying film at Columbia University and the New York Film Academy in New York City. Having worked at Miramax Films, she then spent years working as a casting assistant on such films as King Arthur, Derailed, Alfie and Tristan & Isolde. She wrote and directed the short film Gone (St. John’s International Film Festival, New York First Sundays Comedy Festival) and is currently directing the feature-length documentary Radioman, to be released in 2010.
Favorite film: Moulin Rouge!
First film ever seen: The Jungle Book
First film seen in the cinema: Three Men and a Baby
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Lady Jane Lothian,
Trustee
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Lady Jane has dedicated most of her life to working for different charities. Before she got married she was a school care worker in the East End of London, after which she worked for 4 years for the Handicapped Children's Pilgrimage Trust (now HCPT - The Pilgrimage Trust). Living in Scotland after she married, she worked for the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children (now called - Clic Sargent). She is now either Patron, President or Vice President of various UK charities.
Jane feels far too old to remember the first film she ever saw! However, amongst her favourite films are Gigi, Mrs. Doubtfire and Gone with the Wind.
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